Tailor&#39;s measure.



PATENTED MAR. l5, 19041.`

INVENTORJ ATTORNEYS.'

GRIFFEN.

TAILORS MEASURE.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG- 26. 1903.

No MODEL.

WITNESSES:

`atented March i5, 1904.

IINTTED STATES f PATENT 4OEE-ICE.`

STEPHEN M. GRIEEEN, on SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY.

TAILORS MEASURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.Y 754,7 65, dated March I5, 1904.

Application filed August 26, 1903.

T a/ZZ whom t may concern.'

Beit known that I, STEPHEN M. GRIFFEN, a

- citizen of the United States, residing in Summit, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tailors Measures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention consists in certain improvements, hereinafter indicated, in tailors measures of the kind disclosed in my United States Letters Patents Nos. 537 ,285 and 688,303.

Leading objects of the invention are to so construct the implement that it can be packed together into small compass and so that it can be adapted for readily taking measurements interchangeably at opposite sides of the person being measured.

The invention will be found fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein# Figure l is a plan view of the measure, certain calipers being extended. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the measure, showing certain parts in section. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view illustrating the mounting of the tapes'cale. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4 in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic illustration of the manner of using the implement.

a designates an arm provided with scales and c and formed at one end as a handle d.

e is a block iixed, as by a screw f, to the arm near the handle end thereof and surrounding the same. Projecting laterally from the block e adjacent each edge of the arm a are parallel wings g, in which are fulcrumed calipers t z', adapted to fold down against the arm, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and each provided with a stop j' for limiting its movement past the point where it stands at right angles to said arm, the stop at this time bearing against the adjacent edge of the arm and being adapted to be there held by a spring-actuated latch lo, arranged in block e and taking in a notch Z in the stop. By pulling outwardly on a knob m on the latch the caliper may be re- Serial No. 170,788. (No model.)

leased, so as to be folded back against the arm. Each caliper is preferably formed in two parts screwed together, as at a, so that, if desired, the caliper proper may be detached. Adapted to coact with caliper /L in taking certain measurements is another caliper, 0. This is also made in two parts screwed together, as at p, and itis fulcrumed, so as to fold down against the arm a in a block Q, cut out, as at fr, to receive arm c and provided with a plate s, spanning the recess fr and the arm. Caliper 0 has a stop t, adapted, like the stops j of calipers t and e, to limit its movementpast the right-v angle position relatively to the arm.- Blocky q slides on the arm, and in order to facilitate its action and avoid abrading the arm @the block is provided with antifriction-rollers u,

bearing against the edges of the arm. As in my Patent No. 688,303, each block e 'and q is provided with a spirit-level @and w, respectively, the former being arranged transversely and the other longitudinally of the arm.

c designates the tape-scale This is fixed at one end in a metallic clip y, which is pivoted to the end of a lever or swinging arm e, arranged against one face of the block e, so as to swing around a pivot l through approximately ninety degrees. The clip y is pivoted to the end of the arm, as at 2. In the arm are two notches 3, into which is adapted to it a detent 4 on a plate-spring 5, fixed over a recess 6 inarm a and between the latter and block e. When the detent is engaged with arm a, it maintains it securely where pivot 2 is coincident with one of the edges ofthe arm a.

It is unnecessary here for me to describe the manner of using generally the implement. That can be understood by others skilled in the art upon reference to my priorv patents mentioned. It should be remarked, however, that by providing in addition to the calipers L and o the caliper e', projecting oppositely to and alined with one of the other two, convenience in using the implement is greatly augmented, for then the implement is rendered reversible for the taking of measurements where a caliper is under the armpit of the person being measured and arm e stands perpendicular and in such manner, it should be observed, that the scale on arm a can always be IOO read from the outside by the person taking the measurements, which will be recognized as a great convenience. The implement being thus reversible, it becomes necessary to render the tape-scale shiftable from one edge to the other of arm a, and this is afforded by the means shown in Figs. 3 and 4:, wherein it is only necessary to depress the detent 4 suiiciently to clear the notch which it engages in order to be able to shift the arm e.

Too much stress cannot be laid on the value of the spiritlevels, and especially the one marked fu, in taking measurements. The implement being placed with a caliper L or t' under the armpit of the. person being measured andso that the spirit-level 'v indicates perfect perpendicularity, it is absolutely impossible for a competent measurer to miscalculate even in taking dimensions from the most abnormal forms. In Fig. 5 we have the normal form in full lines and the abnormally erect and stooping forms in dot-and-dash and dotted lines, respectively. The greatest likelihood of miscalculations occurring is at the natural waistline; but by employing my implement in the manner above indicated, so as to derive an accurate standard of measurement, even the most abnormal forms can be measured with perfect nicety. Thus, working from point G at the side of the form being measured, which is a point at the intersection of the natural waistline and the working edge of arm a, when the perpendicular position of the latter has been found, the most accurate measurements can be taken, Whether the form be normal, as indicated by the full lines 7; abnormally erect, as indicated by the dot-and-dash lines 8, or abnormally stooping, as indicated by the dotted lines 9.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y l. The combination of an arm provided with a scale, a caliper, a block arranged on said arm and having parallel wings, said caliper being pivoted in the block between the wings, and a latch carried by the block and engageable with the caliper to hold the same in a given position relatively to the arm, substantially as described.

2. The combination of an arm provided with a scale, a tape-scale, a lever or swinging arm, said tape-scale being pivotally connected to said swinging arm eccentrically thereof, and a pivot for said swinging arm arranged intermediate the edges of said first-named arm, substantially as described.

3. The combination of an arm provided with a scale, a tape-scale, a lever or swinging arm, said tape-scale being pivotally connected to said swinging arm eccentrically thereof, a pivot for said swinging arm arranged intermediate theedges of said first-named arm, and means for securing said sw inging arm with its point of connection with the tape at either of two positions, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of August, 1903.

STEPHEN M'. GRIEEEN.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. STEWARD, ROBERT J. PoLLrrT. 

